Mercury spill near Yanacocha

Eight people are in hospital, following a mercury spill 53 miles southwest of the Yanacocha gold mine in northern Peru.On June 2, three gallons of mercury were spilled in the village of Choropampa. The mercury was being shipped from the...

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